Flybar - Ottawa

I'm a black woman and I went there yesterday. I paid for my coat check. The white man who took care of the coat gave me a ticket, but I lost at the end of the night. At the end of the night I went baCk to get my coat, and he refused to give it to me after asking twice. Then I decided to tell my friends, and my white friend helped me talk to the white man. And obviously he listened to him. So it was my first time, and I was disappointed with the racism I have lived.

One of the nightclubs of choice for Afro-Carribeen or people looking for some spices of Afro-Carribean music. However, this place can be really crowded at a typical Friday night and manned by rude staff. Second, his entrance fee is about the most exorbitant in town... 25 dollars to dance on afro-carribean music? For what?

I came to a drum a bass party here. The staff was nice, but I'm not sure if it came to raves here because there's a counter where the dance floor was supposed to be and there were glass bottles and there were scissors on the floor. Water was $5!!!!

We waited in line patiently while the owner or managers friends were flowing in past the lines without cover, we waited for almost 10 minutes once everyone else had gotten through then upstairs it was nearly empty! Why make people wait in line to make your bar look busy if it is not even going to get busy! Manager was extremely rude at first with us later in the evening once he saw we had money and bought a few drinks was very pleasant to us. Not what we expect on our first visit to a place. Place was full of middle eastern guys that towards the end of the evening all they wanted to do was fight, it was like a powder keg, first and last time.

A friend and I showed up after 11 pm on Friday and was told they weren't open yet. We got escorted out all the way down the stairs while we were trying to call for a cab to go to another location. That was extremely embarassing and since both of us were from out of town we didn't know where to go. I'm not sure if we were profiled for our appearance but it sure felt like it. Especially when we got escorted all the way to the street. I will never go there nor will recommend it to others. Disappointed customer